Continuous access to information on key economic indicators is essential to help Sierra Leone respond to the Covid-19 pandemic.

This dashboard provides real time data on current economic conditions and trends from a phone based survey being rolled out in 195 towns and villages across Sierra Leone.2

Important: Data below is fabricated—it is only used for setting up this dashboard!

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Markets

Current averages

Mean responses in each district (most recent date)
District Date Market open? Market days Is rice available? Is casava available? Is Bonga fish available? Is palm oil available? Is maggie available? Price of rice cup Price of casava tuber Price of Bonga fish Price of palm oil pint Price of Maggie cube
Bo 2020-04-20 1 0.67 0.33 0.67 0.33 0.67 0.33 0.33 0.67 0.67 0.33 0.67
Bombali 2020-04-20 1 1.00 0.00 0.67 0.33 0.00 0.33 0.00 0.67 1.00 1.00 0.33
Bonthe 2020-04-20 0 0.33 0.33 0.33 0.67 0.67 0.33 1.00 0.67 0.00 0.00 0.00

Maps

Showing most recent data available for each district.

Definitions of measures

Data definitions
Measure Definition
Market open? Share of respondents reporting that local market is open
Market days Average number of days market was open during past week
Is rice available? Share of respondents reporting that rice is available in markets
Is casava available? Share of respondents reporting that cassava is available in markets
Is Bonga fish available? Share of respondents reporting that Bonga fish is available in markets
Is palm oil available? Share of respondents reporting that palm oil is available in markets
Is maggie available? Share of respondents reporting that maggie is available in markets
Price of rice cup Average price paid for a cup of rice
Price of casava tuber Average price paid for a casava tuber
Price of Bonga fish Average price paid for Bonga fish
Price of palm oil pint Average price paid for palm oil pint
Price of Maggie cube Average price paid for Maggie cube

Food security

Current averages

Mean responses in each district (most recent date)
District Date Days ate less prefered food Days asked for food help Days reduced adult male food Days reduced adult female food Days reduced adult boys food Days reduced adult girls food Days ate fewer times Days did not eat
Bo 2020-04-20 0.67 0.33 0.67 0.33 0.33 0.33 0.67 0.67
Bombali 2020-04-20 0.33 0.33 0.67 0.67 0.67 0.67 1.00 0.67
Bonthe 2020-04-20 0.33 0.00 0.67 0.67 0.00 0.33 1.00 0.67

Maps

Showing most recent data available for each district.

Definitions of measures

Data definitions
Measure Definition
Days ate less prefered food Days in past week where household ate “less preferred foods”
Days asked for food help Days in past week where household asked for help from relatives or friends for food?
Days reduced adult male food Days in past week where household reduced portions served per meal for adult males?
Days reduced adult female food Days in past week where household reduced portions served per meal for adult females?
Days reduced adult boys food Days in past week where household reduced portions served per meal for boys under age 10
Days reduced adult girls food Days in past week where household reduced portions/quantities served per meal for girls under age 10
Days ate fewer times Days in past week where household ate fewer times per day than normal for this time of year
Days did not eat Days in past week where household spent whole day without eating?

Farming

Current averages

Mean responses in each district (most recent date)
District Date Less hired labour Less family labour Fewer inputs Lower harvest Expect lower prices Less likely to sell crops
Bo 2020-04-20 0.33 0.33 1.00 0.67 0.67 0.67
Bombali 2020-04-20 0.67 0.33 0.33 0.67 1.00 0.33
Bonthe 2020-04-20 0.67 0.33 0.67 0.33 0.33 0.33

Maps

Showing most recent data available for each district.

Definitions of measures

Data definitions
Measure Definition
Less hired labour Relative to last year, fewer hired farm labour
Less family labour Relative to last year, fewer family farm labour
Fewer inputs Relative to last year, fewer farm inputs used
Lower harvest Relative to last year, lower harvest
Expect lower prices Relative to last year, expect lower prices
Less likely to sell crops Relative to last year, less likely to sell crops

Business

Current averages

Mean responses in each district (most recent date)
District Date Business closed Business expect lower prices Business less likely to sell crops Employed Work closed
Bo 2020-04-20 0.67 0.33 0.33 0.67 0.33
Bombali 2020-04-20 0.00 0.67 0.67 1.00 0.67
Bonthe 2020-04-20 0.00 0.67 0.00 0.33 0.67

Maps

Showing most recent data available for each district.

Definitions of measures

Data definitions
Measure Definition
Business closed Share of respondents that say business is closed
Business expect lower prices Relative to last year, expect lower prices
Business less likely to sell crops Relative to last year, less likely to sell
Employed Share of respondents that are employed with a business or an organization
Work closed Share of respondents that report their work is closed

Illness

Current averages

Mean responses in each district (most recent date)
District Date Times visited clinic past week Clinic can help
Bo 2020-04-20 0.00 0.67
Bombali 2020-04-20 0.67 0.00
Bonthe 2020-04-20 0.33 0.00

Maps

Showing most recent data available for each district.

Definitions of measures

Data definitions
Measure Definition
Visit clinic if suspect COVID-19 Share of respondents that would visit clinic if showing symptoms of COVID-19
Visit clinic if other illness Share of respondents that would visit clinic if sick with other illnesses
Times visited clinic past week Average clinic visits in past week
Clinic can help Share of respondents that feel confident that clinic can help

Social Distancing

Current averages

Mean responses in each district (most recent date)
District Date People in and out of house Leave house? Visiting friends Keep distance in markets
Bo 2020-04-20 0.00 1.00 0.67 0.00
Bombali 2020-04-20 0.00 0.33 0.33 0.67
Bonthe 2020-04-20 0.67 0.33 0.67 0.33

Maps

Showing most recent data available for each district.

Definitions of measures

Data definitions
Measure Definition
People in and out of house Average nr of people that come in and out of house
Leave house? Share of respondents reporting they left house day before
Visiting friends Share of respondents reporting they visit friends as usual
Shake hands Share of respondents reporting they shake hands when greeting others
Keep distance in markets Average nr of repsontents reporting they keep distance from others when at the market

Covid preparedness

Current averages

Mean responses in each district (most recent date)
District Date Government COVID-19 information Access to veronica bucket Access to clean water Frequency of handwashing Worried about COVID-19
Bo 2020-04-20 0.67 0.67 0.33 0.33 0.33
Bombali 2020-04-20 0.67 0.33 1.00 0.67 0.67
Bonthe 2020-04-20 0.67 0.67 0.33 1.00 0.33

Maps

Showing most recent data available for each district.

Definitions of measures

Data definitions
Measure Definition
Government COVID-19 information Share of respondents who receive information about COVID-19 from the government
Know COVID-19 symptoms Share of respondents that know signs and symptoms of COVID-19
Access to veronica bucket Share of respondents that have access to a veronica bucket
Access to clean water Share of respondents that have access to clean water to wash your hands
Frequency of handwashing Average nr of times respondents wash hands per day
Worried about COVID-19 Share of respondents that are worried about COVID-19

Data

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Data summaries

Technical: Summary measures on all data.

Data summary
Name df
Number of rows 27
Number of columns 44
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Column type frequency:
character 1
Date 1
numeric 42
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Group variables None

Variable type: character

skim_variable n_missing complete_rate min max empty n_unique whitespace
id 0 1 2 7 0 3 0

Variable type: Date

skim_variable n_missing complete_rate min max median n_unique
date 0 1 2020-04-18 2020-04-20 2020-04-19 3

Variable type: numeric

skim_variable n_missing complete_rate mean sd p0 p25 p50 p75 p100 hist
market_open 0 1 0.70 0.47 0 0 1 1.0 1 ▃▁▁▁▇
market_day 0 1 0.59 0.50 0 0 1 1.0 1 ▆▁▁▁▇
rice_avail 0 1 0.41 0.50 0 0 0 1.0 1 ▇▁▁▁▆
cass_avail 0 1 0.59 0.50 0 0 1 1.0 1 ▆▁▁▁▇
fish_avail 0 1 0.37 0.49 0 0 0 1.0 1 ▇▁▁▁▅
oil_avail 0 1 0.52 0.51 0 0 1 1.0 1 ▇▁▁▁▇
mag_avail 0 1 0.52 0.51 0 0 1 1.0 1 ▇▁▁▁▇
rice_now 0 1 0.52 0.51 0 0 1 1.0 1 ▇▁▁▁▇
cass_price_now 0 1 0.52 0.51 0 0 1 1.0 1 ▇▁▁▁▇
fish_now 0 1 0.41 0.50 0 0 0 1.0 1 ▇▁▁▁▆
oil_now 0 1 0.56 0.51 0 0 1 1.0 1 ▆▁▁▁▇
mag_now 0 1 0.26 0.45 0 0 0 0.5 1 ▇▁▁▁▃
less_prefer 0 1 0.63 0.49 0 0 1 1.0 1 ▅▁▁▁▇
ask_help 0 1 0.56 0.51 0 0 1 1.0 1 ▆▁▁▁▇
reduce_male 0 1 0.59 0.50 0 0 1 1.0 1 ▆▁▁▁▇
reduce_female 0 1 0.52 0.51 0 0 1 1.0 1 ▇▁▁▁▇
reduce_boy 0 1 0.52 0.51 0 0 1 1.0 1 ▇▁▁▁▇
reduce_girl 0 1 0.48 0.51 0 0 0 1.0 1 ▇▁▁▁▇
eat_less 0 1 0.67 0.48 0 0 1 1.0 1 ▃▁▁▁▇
no_eat 0 1 0.63 0.49 0 0 1 1.0 1 ▅▁▁▁▇
farm_hire 0 1 0.52 0.51 0 0 1 1.0 1 ▇▁▁▁▇
farm_time 0 1 0.48 0.51 0 0 0 1.0 1 ▇▁▁▁▇
inputs 0 1 0.44 0.51 0 0 0 1.0 1 ▇▁▁▁▆
harv 0 1 0.33 0.48 0 0 0 1.0 1 ▇▁▁▁▃
price 0 1 0.48 0.51 0 0 0 1.0 1 ▇▁▁▁▇
sell 0 1 0.41 0.50 0 0 0 1.0 1 ▇▁▁▁▆
status 0 1 0.41 0.50 0 0 0 1.0 1 ▇▁▁▁▆
bus_price 0 1 0.52 0.51 0 0 1 1.0 1 ▇▁▁▁▇
bus_sell 0 1 0.44 0.51 0 0 0 1.0 1 ▇▁▁▁▆
employee 0 1 0.56 0.51 0 0 1 1.0 1 ▆▁▁▁▇
empl_status 0 1 0.67 0.48 0 0 1 1.0 1 ▃▁▁▁▇
n_people 0 1 0.56 0.51 0 0 1 1.0 1 ▆▁▁▁▇
leave 0 1 0.63 0.49 0 0 1 1.0 1 ▅▁▁▁▇
visit 0 1 0.52 0.51 0 0 1 1.0 1 ▇▁▁▁▇
dist_market 0 1 0.41 0.50 0 0 0 1.0 1 ▇▁▁▁▆
aware 0 1 0.63 0.49 0 0 1 1.0 1 ▅▁▁▁▇
veronica 0 1 0.52 0.51 0 0 1 1.0 1 ▇▁▁▁▇
water 0 1 0.56 0.51 0 0 1 1.0 1 ▆▁▁▁▇
wash 0 1 0.63 0.49 0 0 1 1.0 1 ▅▁▁▁▇
worry 0 1 0.48 0.51 0 0 0 1.0 1 ▇▁▁▁▇
n_visits 0 1 0.48 0.51 0 0 0 1.0 1 ▇▁▁▁▇
chc_confident 0 1 0.26 0.45 0 0 0 0.5 1 ▇▁▁▁▃

Notes

  1. Niccolo Meriggi (IGC Sierra Leone), Macartan Humphreys (WZB Berlin and Columbia Univerisity), Abou Bakarr Kamara (IGC Sierra Leone), Madison Levine (Wageningen U), Mushfiq Mobarak (Yale University), Wilson Prichard (U Toronto), Ashwini Shridhar (Wageningen U), Peter van der Windt (NYU AD), Maarten Voors (Wageningen University). Feedback welcome! Please get in touch via email at .↩

  2. Data is representative for 195 semi-rural towns across all Districts of Sierra Leone, with an average of 492 households per town. Rural villages and District headquarter towns are excluded.↩